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A. D. 1441.
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Ossory, Offaley, and Leiz. –In the presentarticle will be given the history and topography of the territories comprised in Kil kenny, King's and Queen's counties, with their chiefs and clans, and the possessionsof each in ancient and modern times.
Ancient History. —An account of the ancient history and inha bitants of Leinster has been already given in the note on Hy Kin sellagh and Cualan.
I. Ossory comprised almost the whole of the present county of Kilkenny, with a small part of the south of Tipperary, and also that portion of the Queen's county now called the barony of Upper Ossory; and the name of this ancient principality, which was also called the kingdom of Ossory, is still retained in the diocese of Osssory. Ancient Ossory, according to someaccounts, extended from the river Nore to the Suir, and was sometimessubject to the kings of Leinster, but mostly to the kings of Munster; and it is stated by O'Halloran, Mac Geoghegan, and others, that Conaire Mor, or Conary the Great, who was monarch of Ireland at the commencementof the Christian era, having made war on the peo ple of Leinster, to punish them for having killed his father, Eder sceol, monarch of Ireland, imposed on them a tribute, of which an account has been given in the note on Hy Kinsellagh; and he sc parated Ossory from Leinster, and having added it to Munster, gave it to a prince of his own race, named Aongus, and freed it from all dues to the kings of Munster, except the honour of com posing their body-guards; hence Aongus was surnamed Amhas Righ, signifying the king's guard, and from this circumstance, according to O'Halloran, the territory got the nameof Amhas-Righ, changed afterwards to Osraighe, and anglicised Ossory. The Mac Gillapadraics, or Fitzpatricks, of whom an account is here after given, were in ancient times princes of Ossory.
Offaley, or Ophaley, in Irish Hy Failge, derived namefrom Rossa Failge, Rossa the Rings, king Leinster, son Cahir More, monarch Ireland towards the end the second century,
whom account has been given the note Hy Kinsellagh. The extensive territory Hy Falgia, possessed the posterity Rossa Failge, comprised almost the whole the present King's county, with some adjoining parts Kildare and Queen's county; and afterwards under the O'Conors, who were the head family the descendants Rossa Failge, and styled princes Offaley, the territory Offaley appears havecomprisedthepresentbaronies
Warrenstown and Coolestown, and the greater part Philips town, and part Geashill, the King's county, with the barony
The son of William Barrett, the dean of Killala, died.
chief commander the king Leinster's galloglasses was always
Province °ounty
torians under the name Cath Muighelena, and Ionnsuighe Muighe lena, was fought the latter end the second century, A. D. 192, the heath Moylena, plain the barony Fearcale, Eglish, the King's county. Eogan More, called Mogha Nuadhat, king Munster, celebrated warrior, whom account has been given the note Thomond, having carried long contests
in-chief
the Victorious, chief the Redbranch knights Ulster, both ar
mies fought two terrific battles about
"ow Athy, Kildare, and the other
da, now the plain heath Maryboro,
which, after many thousands had been slain each side, the men
Leinster were victorious, having routed the Munster troops from the hill Maisteamacross the river Bearbha, now the Barrow, and
REIGN OF HENRY WI. 245
Tinehinch, Queen's county, and those East and West Of Christian era, died Airgiodross. Conmaol, son Heber
faley, Kildare, which the ancient name this principality still retained.
Leic. —In the latter end the first century, the people Mun ster made war Cuchorb, king Leinster, and conqueredthat
Fionn above-mentioned, was the first monarch of Ireland the race Heber, and fought many great battles for the crown with the race Heremon, particularly great battle Geashill,
far the hill Maistean, now Mullaghmast, the Kildare; but Cuchorb having appointed, commander his forces, Lughaidh Laighis, famous warrior, who was grandson the renowned hero, Conall Cearnach, Conall
where Palpa, the son Heremon, was slain.
The Battle Moylena, celebrated the Irish bards and his
90, one Athtrodan, Cainthine, Magh Ria
with Con the Hundred Battles, for the sovereignty Ireland,
was length overcome, and forced fly Spain, where re
mained exile for many years, and married Beara, Spanish princess, daughter Heber, king Castile, and being assisted his brother-in-law Fraoch, son the king Castile, he invaded
the Queen's county,
Pooled the remnant their forces Sliabh Dalamountain,
Beallach Mor, Ossory, near Borris Ossory, the borders Ireland, with force 2000 Spaniards auxiliaries, for the re
Tipperary and Queen's county. Cuchorb being thus reinstated
covery the kingdom, and, joined his Irish allies Munster and Leinster, his army amounted nine Catha, battalions, three thousand men each, making all about 27,000 men. The monarch Con having collected the forces Meath, Ulster, and
Connaught, Moylena, both armies marched
battle, which many thousands were slain
*his kingdom Leinster, chiefly through the valour neral, Lúghaidh Laighis, gratitude conferred him
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territory,
which gave the name Laoighise,
sevendistricts still retained
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the and Abbeyleix. This territory was pos
Lughaidh Laoighis
princes Leix; they were famous warriors, and held high honors
and privileges under the kings Leinster, being hereditary mar
*hals and treasurers that province and stated that the the heroic Eogan More, single combat. The place where
and
posterity, styled who were
proved victorious, chiefly through Goll, monarch Con the valour
appointed
descendants O'Mordha,
turies their rank
valiant chiefs
sequent part
the O'Moores, comprised the present baronies Maryboro, Culli nagh, Ballyadams, Stradbally, and part Portnehinch, Queen's county, together with Athy, and the adjoining country Kildare,
now part the baronies the Queen's county, principalities: the barony
Narragh and Rheban. The other parts
collect the tributes the princes Leix. The Lughaidh Laoighis, after times, took the name O'Morra, anglicised O'Moore, held for many cen
princes Leix, and furnished many the most Leinster, whom account given the sub the present article. The territory Leix, under
already shewn, formed parts Upper Ossory belonged Portnehinch O'Dempsey
other Ossory;
Timehinch Offaley; part
Maliere, and the barony Slievemargy was part Hy Kinsellagh.
The territories Ossory, Offaley, and Leix are connected with many the earliest events recorded Irish history, and there are many memorials distant ages still existing Kilkenny, King's
and Queen's counties, extensive remains Druidical temples, cromleacs, and carns, sepulchral mounds, numerous round towers, raths, ruins castles, abbeys, and churches, which accounts may found Tighe's Survey Kilkenny, Sir Charles Coote's Surveys King's and Queen's counties, Wallancey's Collectanea, and various topographies, those Seward, Lewis, &c.
More than thousand years before the Christian era, according
our ancient annalists, great battle was fought between the Ne medians and Fomorians, Sliabh Bladhma, now the Slievebloom mountains, the borders King's and Queen'scounties. An ac count of the colonies of Nemedians and Fomorians will be found in the notes on Dalriada, Tirconnell, North Connaught, and Desmond.
defeated, and he himself slain, and Heremon became the first Mi
lesian monarch Ireland he had his chief residence and fortress
Airgiodross, near the river Feoir, now the Nore, and this royal
residence was also called Rath Beathach, and now known Rathbeagh, near Freshford, the county Kilkenny. Heremon died Rathbeagh, and was buried sepulchral mound, which still remains; appears that other kings Ireland early times also resided there, for recorded that Ruraighe More, who was monarch Ireland about one hundred and fifty years before the
the son Morna, celebrated champion the Damnonian Fir bolg race, who commanded the Connaught warriors, and slew
Clan
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The son of Mulroona, the son of Gilcreest Mac Donogh, the dean (probably of Achonry), died.
this battle was fought, as stated in O'Flaherty's Ogygia (Vol. II. p. 212), is the ancient barony of Fearcall, now Eglish, in the King's
county, and there are still to be seen two hillocks, or sepulchral mounds, in one of which was buried the body of Eogan More, and in the other that of Fraoch the Spaniard, who was also slain in that battle. Another great battle, fought at Moylena A. D. 907, in which the army of the monarch Flann Sionna was defeated with great slaughter by the Munster Forces, under Cormac Mac Culle man,archbishop of Cashel and king of Munster, has beendescribed in the note on Ormond.
Several of the ancient kings or princes of Ossory, who were of the Heremonians of Leinster, are mentioned by the annalists. In the sixth century, Aodh Ainmireach or Hugh, the son of Ain mireach, monarch of Ireland, is stated to have imprisoned Scan lan More, king of Ossory, who refused to pay the usual tribute to the monarch ; but Scanlan was liberated through the influence of St. Columkille, who was at that time in Ireland, having come from Iona, in Albany or Scotland, to attend the great national council held at Dromceat, in Kianachta of Glengiven in Derry, to adjust the contention between the monarch of Ireland and the bards.
The Battle of Bealach Ele, in Ossory, was fought A. D. 730, Leinster, were descended from the ancient kings Tara. Th
hetween the people of Leinster and Munster, in which the Munster forces were commanded by Cathal, the son of Finguin, king of that province; and it is stated in the Four Masters, that a great number of the Lagenians fell, and that three thousand of the Munster men were slain, together with Ceallach, prince of Ossory, and the two sons of Cormac, son of Rossa, prince of the Desies. Bealach Ele, where this battle was fought, is considered to be Ballyhale, in the parish of Derrynahinch, barony of Knocktopher, county of Kilkenny.
Mac Gillpatricks took their name from Giolla Padruic, prince Ossory the tenth century, one their celebrated chiefs; a several the Mac Gillpatricks, styled kings and princes Ossory, are mentioned the tenth and eleventh centuries t
Four Masters and Annals Inisfallen. the beginning t
eleventh century, Donogh Mac Gillpatrick, prince Ossory,
mentioned having opposed the progress the Dalcassians
their return from the battle Clontarf; and Donal Mac Gillp trick, prince Ossory the twelfth century, carried vario
O'Dugan describes Ossory and the Mac Gillpatricks
“A country not excelled force cavalry, Let now proceed into Ossory,
Which doubtless maintained every degree The honour and noblenessof Erin.
follows:
He O'Donoghoe
“From Kilkenny To Sliabh Gaithle
the fair Gowran.
the marble (lime) stones, the smooth fertile hill,
Bryan, son of Ardgal Mac Mahon, lord of Orie (Monaghan), died after a well-spent life.
“There are three tribes who possess
The Clan Carroll who are free from opposition,
They are fierce leopards under their leaders, Likewise the Clan Donnchadha of the brown shields. ”
recorded,
Are the Mac Gillpatricks the fair fortress,
“The third tribe which
Noble and fine figure are the clan,
Their habitation the seat great kings. ”
appears from the above passages the poem, that Ossory e tended from Bladhma, the Slieve Bloom mountains, the bo ders King's and Queen's counties, far southward the se
that the confluence the rivers Nore, Suir, and Barrow near the bay Waterford, which place the southern extremi
Kilkenny nearly extends; and extended from the Barrow
also mentioned, that Osso the plains Munster, whi Ossory, explained t
corresponds with the extent preceding part this article.
Liathdrom, above mentioned, w appears that here alluded
ancient name Tara; and
shew that the chiefs Ossory, who were the Heremonians
The Battle of Athsenaith or Uchbadh, fought A. D. 738, contests with Dermod Mac Murrogh, king Leinster, and
between Aodh Ollan, monarch of Ireland, and the people of Leinster, in which the Lagenians were defeated,and nine thousand of them slain, has been described in the note on Hy Kinselagh. This battle was fought near Clonmacnois, in the King's county.
The Battle of Irathbeathach or Rathbeagh, near Freshford, in Kilkenny, was fought A. D. 749, in which the Picts of Ulster, who had invaded Leinster with a powerful force, were defeated with great slaughter by the people of Ossory; and Cathasach, king of the Picts, was slain, as mentioned in the note on Hy Kinsellagh.
Irish Chiefs and Clans. The following accounts of the Irish chiefs and clans of Ossory, Offaley, and Leix, have beencollected from the topograpies of O'Heerin, O’Dugan, O'Brien, O'Halloran, and the various other works so often enumerated in the course of these notes:
I. Mac Giolla Padruig or Mac Gillpatrick, anglicised to Fitzpat rick, is thus designated in the topographies of O'Heerin and O’Du gan, in which his territory of Ossory is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“We journey across the Barrow of ancient streams, After treating of the heroes of Leinster,
To the level plain of the land of my heart,
To the noble hosts of Ossory.
“To Mac Gillpatrick of the fine fortress, The land of Ossory is by law ordained,
From Bladhma, southward to the sea, Brave are his battalions in the battles.
“Chieftains who are mighty warriors,
Let us treat of the heroes of Liathdroim,
From the Barrow to the smooth plains of Munster, To the king of Tara protection belongs. ”
English allies under Strongbow and others, who had invaded a ravaged his territories; and stated Maurice Regan's accou these affairs, given Harris's Hibernica, the prince Osso had force five thousand men, and fought many fierce battl
with the English and their Irish allies. the Mac Gillpatricks are mentioned
Several valiant chiefs
the course these Anna early times, the M Gillpatricks, princes Ossory, ruled over the entire t
during their contests with the English.
county Kilkenny, and part Queen's county; but aft times, were dispossessed the greater part their possessions the Butlers and other English settlers Kilkenny, and were co fined the barony Upper Ossory, the Queen's county. Th Fitzpatricks, different periods from the reign Henry VII
that George II. , were created barons Castletown, barons Gowran, and earls Upper Ossory, whom accounts may found Lodge's Peerage. The Fitzpatricks are still found t Queen's county, but are much more numerous the counties Cavan and Leitrim, which they were expelled early peri
the English. II. O’Cearbhaill O'Carroll, and O'Donchadh O'Donoghoe, are given O'Dugan and O'Heerin ancie
chiefs
princes Ossory, and thus designated:
the reddenedspears, the generous aspect, the productive land,
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O'Donoghoe
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They are two princes the same country.
“Near the Barrow productive borders,
the chief the territory you have heard recorded,
man who elected over Moy Mail,
the fair plain,
The territory possessed O'Carroll and O'Donoghoe appears
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“Let westward proceed Offaley,
To which brave heroes make submission,
Of their laws make mention,
Of their convention Inake remembrance. ”
Sir Charles Coote's Survey the the silver coins the O'Moores are the O'Moores are mentioned the
mirth,
O'Conor the mainstay
Who rules the green mound Cruachan. ”
“The lord Offaley, land Not unknown the poets,
1578, when was killed Ossory, who hadjoined the Rory O'Moore, men tioned by Mac Geoghegan and others that one occasion, having been betrayed and surprised night his residence the woods, by Robert Hartpole, the head two hundred the English, the valiant O'Moore alone performed the amazing exploit cutting his way through their ranks with his sword, and escaped safety. His son, Owen O'Moore, generally called Owney Mac Rory O'Moore, was famous commander the wars against Elizabeth,
many engagements, one which,
The extent the principality Offaley, which comprised
part King's county, with parts Kildare and Queen's county, has been explained the preceding part this article. The greenmound Cruaghan, mentioned theabovepassage the poem, was Croghan, beautiful hill situated the parish Croghan, within few miles Philipstown, the borders King's county and Westmeath. The O'Conors were the head chiefs
the fair plain,
ancestors, which held 'till his death, conflict with Fitzpatrick, baron
count Ofalia, was captain-general the coast Spain, about the year 1770. IV. O'Mordha O'Moore,
the title Grenada,
Laoighis by O'Heerin:
“After Offaley
We advance
The brown-haired heroes wealth abound, On their history for some time we dwell.
“The great district Leix the keen swords, Leix Riada now treat;
O'Moore the fighter battles,
Of the one-coloured golden shield. ”
The extent the principality Leix, which comprisedthe greater Part the Queen's county, and part Kildare, has been already described the present article. Laoighis Leix Riada, men tioned the above passage, was also called Magh Riada, and was the ancient name the great plain heath Maryboro, the Queen's county. The O'Moores, styled princes Leix, ex plained the preceding part the present article, were the orian race, Clanna Rory Ulster, and descended from the
Ulster about the commencement the Christian era
“The clans the country
Let now proceed treat
What hosts are morewealthy than they, Over the territory Offaley fair lands?
Prince
Leix, and his territory, are thus designated
extensive plains, their chieftains,
the ancient lands Leix Leinster;
tribes,
owned hero, Conall Cearnach, who was chief the Red Branch
*ights
REIGN OF HENRY VI. 247
have been the barony Gowran and Slogh Liag, which
the barony Shillelogher, both Kilkenny. These
were probably branch the O'Carrolls, princes Ely; and the Maryboro, erected rock situated hill; was place O'Donoghoes, perhaps branch the O'Donoghoes, princes almost impregnable strength, which some massive ruins still re Cashel; account both these families has been given the main. The O'Moores, like other independent princes, the note Ormond. III. O'Conchobhuir O'Conor, prince Hy O'Reillys Brefney, the O'Tooles Wicklow, &c. coined their Failge Offaley, and his territory, are thus designated by
O'Dugan and O'Heerin:
great
and they held the high rank marshals and treasurers Lein ster. They had their chief fortress Dunamase, few miles from
own money; and stated
Queen's County, that some
still extant. Many chiefs
course these Annals, and they were highly distinguished for their valour during their contests with the English forces for seve ral centuries. Rory O'Moore, celebrated chieftain the reigns
Queen Mary and Elizabeth, defeated the English forces many engagements,and recovered the territory Leix, possessedby his
English. Amongst the heroic actions
the Cahirian race, the descendants Rossa Failge, eldest son
Cahir More, monarch Ireland the latter end the second
century, whom account has been given the note Hy
Kinsellagh, and were consequently branch the Heremonians the Pass Plumes, from the great quantity plumes left there Leinster, and different descent from the O'Conors, kings
Connaught. The O'Conors, princes Offaley, usually denomi
nated O'Conors Failey, took their name from Concobhar Conor,
prince Hy Failge, who mentioned the Annals
1014, and were very powerful and warlike chiefs, whom many
are mentioned the course these Annals; and they make
remarkable figure Irish history during their contests with the
English for more than three hundred years, whose forces they
defeated numerous battles recorded the Annals; and they
generally fought conjunction with the Mac Geoghegans, power
ful and valiant chiefs Westmeath, whom account has been
given the notes Meath and Teffia. The O'Conors had their
chief fortress Dangan, now called Philipstown, King's
county, and several castles other parts that county and
Kildare, and maintained their independenceand large possessions
down the reign Elizabeth, after which their estateswere con
fiscated. O'Halloran states that one these O'Conors, under tion the other chiefs Offaley:
and defeated the English the year 1599, cut off Earl Essex, defile
great number the troops under the their progress through Leinster,
place called from that circumstance Bearna Cleitigh, signifying
which were worn by the English knights who were slain. Another Owen O'Moore's daring exploits recorded, namely, that
parley held with him the year 1600, near Kilkenny, by Sir George Carew, president Munster, the earl Thomond, and Thomas Butler, earl Ormond, O'Moore boldly took the earl Ormond prisoner, and detained him from the 10th April the
12th June, when liberated him, receiving for his ranson three thousand pounds. Roger O'Moore, his descendant, man extraordinary abilities and bravery, celebrated Irish history the chief leader who organised the great insurrection 1641. There are still several highly respectable families the O'Moores
Kildare, King's and Queen's counties, the heads which are the O'Moores Ballyna, Kildare, and Sir Garrett O'Moore, Cloghan Castle, King's county.
O'Diomosaigh, O'Dempsey, lord Clann Maoilughra,
Clanmaliere, thus mentioned
O'Heerin, with
introduc
“Clanmaliere above all
Noble the source
The smooth plains
The country the inheritance O'Dempsey. ”
The territory Clanmaliere possessed by the O'Dempseys con
tained parts the baronies Geashill and Philipstown, the King's county, with part Portnehinch, Queen's county, and part Offaley, Kildare, including Monasterevan and the ad
joing districts; and, according sir Charles Coote his Survey, the O'Dempseys had part Ballycowen, the King's county. The O'Dempseys were branch the Cahirian race the same descent the O'Conors Faily, and were head chiefs Clanma
liere, and sometimesstyled princes and lords Clanmaliere and Offaley; they were very powerful former times, and many them are mentioned the course of these Annals. In the twelfth century they contended with the English forces under Strongbow, earl Pembroke, who the year 1173, together with his son-in law Robert Quiney, Quincy, constable and standard
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248 ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS, A. D. 1442.
Mac Guire, namely Thomas Oge, gave up the Henry, the son of Owen O'Neill, having gone to castle of Enniskillen to Philip Mac Guire, after the English, who supplied him with a very large Edmond and Thomas Oge had been set at liberty. force, marched to Castlefin (in Donegal), and
bearer of Leinster, marched a powerful force into Kildare and
Offaley; but being opposed by the Irish clans, commanded by the
O'Dempseys, chiefs of Clammaliere, the English were defeated
with great slaughter; and amongst the slain was de Quincy,
the standard-bearer; the affair is thus mentioned by Maurice
Regan, in Harris's Hibernica: “From thence the earl (Strongbow)
went to Kildare, making many incursions into Offaley, upon
O'Dempsey, lord of that country, who refused to come unto him,
and to deliver hostages; the earl, to subdue him, made a journey
in person upon him, Offaley was burned and harassed, the whole
prey of the country taken, and the army retired towards Kildare;
in the retreat, the earl, with a thousand men, marched in the van
guard, and the rere was commanded by Robert de Quincy; in the
pass, when the van-guard was passed, O'Dempsey gave upon the
rere, at which charge Robert de Quincy, with many others, were
slain, and the banner of Leinster lost; and for his death, as well
by the earl as by the whole army, great lamentation was made. ”
The O’Dempseys had their chief castle at Geashill, in the King's
county, and many others in that county, also in the barony of
Offaley in Kildare, and one at Ballybrittas, in the barony of Geashill and Philipstown, in the King's county. Another O'He Portnehinch, in the Queen's county. The O'Dempseys were de nesey is mentioned by O’Dugan as chief of Galinga Beag, now the
IX. O'Haongusa or O'Hennesey, chief of Clar Colgan, and O'Haim
irgin, chief of Tuath Geisille, are thus mentioned by O’Dugan and O’Heerin :
“Of the chiefs of the fair fertile plain
Are O'Hennesey and O'Haimirgin;
Strong-voiced are their troops, and great their fame, And magnanimous are the Clan Murchadhan. ”
“Another chief who is known to us, O'Hennesey who rules over Clar Colgan;
His lands are fair beyond those of the Fenians of Fail, He closely adjoins the borders of Croghan,
“The fair district of Geashill is possessed By a chief on the borders of Leinster; His rapid progress is a march of power. The name of this chief is O'Hamirgin. ”
The districts of these two chiefs appear by the above passage to have been situated about Geashill and Croghan, in the baronies of
prived of most of their possessionsafter the Elizabethian wars, but afterwards got regrants of several thousand acres of their ancient lands, as may be seen in the Inquisitions of Leinster; and sir Torlogh or Terence O’Dempsey was knighted in May, 1599, by Robert Devereux, earl of Essex, lord lieutenant of Ireland; he was afterwards created baron of Philipstown and viscount of Clanmaliere, by patent, the eighth of July, 1631, in the reign of
Charles I. Lewis O'Dempsey, his grandson, who succeeeded as viscount of Clanmaliere, died in 1683, and was succeeded by his eldest son Maximilian, who was made lord lieutenant of the Queen's county, by king James II. , and sat in his parliament in 1689. His estates were confiscated for his adherence to the house
parish of Gallen, in the barony of Garrycastle. X. O'Maolchein, probably O'Milliken, or O'Mulligan, some of whom have changed the name to Molyneux, chief of Tuath Damhuighe, signifying either the land of the oxen, or of the two plains, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin, and the district possessed by him appears to have adjoined that of O'Hennesey:
“Over Tuath Damhuigh of the fair fortress
Is O'Maolchein of the happy heart; Delightful is the smooth district of the plain, Its borders resemble the fairy land. ”
of Stuart, by act of attainder of William III. , in 1691. Maxi
milian O'Dempsey, the last viscount of Clanmaliere, died in 1714,
and the title is supposed to be extinct. James O'Dempsey was a
colonel in the army of James II. ; and Terence O'Dempsey, a
younger branch of this family, settled in Cheshire, and died in 1769;
his grandson, James O'Dempsey, an eminent merchant now
living in Liverpool, is one of the chief representatives of this The extensive territory possessed by the O'Mulloys comprised ancient family. VI. O’Duinn, O'Dunn, or O'Dunne, chief of Hy the present baronies of Eglish or Fearcall, Ballycowan, and Bally Riagain, is thus mentioned by O’Heerin:
“Over Hy Regan of the mighty victories, Are active warriors who conquer in battle,
O'Dunn is chief of the conquering troops, The mainstay of the battling spears. ”
boy in the King's county, and formed originally a part of the ancient kingdom of Meath. The O'Mulloys were of the race of
The territory of Hy Riagain, possessedby the O'Dunns,now forms the barony of Tinehinch, in the Queen's county. The O’Dunns were chiefs of note in former times, and they are still numerous in Kildare, King's
the southern Hy Nialls or Clan Colman, the ancient kings of Meath, and as princes of Fearcall were very powerful, and many chiefs of them are mentioned in the course of these Annals; and when reduced to the subjection of English rule, in the reign of Elizabeth, they had conferred on them, under the crown, the office of royal standard-bearers of Leinster, which they held for a long time; the greater part of their estates were confiscated after the Cromwellian and Williamite wars, but there are still many respectable families of the name in the King's county, and also in Roscommon, of whom copious accounts may be found in the learned D'Alton's Annals of Boyle. XII. The O'Carrolls, princes of Ely O'Carroll, of whom an account has been given in the note on Ormond, possessed the barony of Lower Ormond, in Tipperary, and those of Clonlisk and Ballybritt, in the King's county, and had their chief castle at Birr. XIII. Mac Cochlain or Mac Coghlan, prince of Dealbhna Eathra, and O'Maollughach, probably O'Mulledy, chief of the Brogha, are thus mentioned by O’Dugan:
“Mac Coghlan is the valorous mainstay, And prince of delightful Delvin Ahra,
The chief of the Brogha of great prosperity, Is O'Mulledy of the brilliant achievements.
The territory of the Mac Coghlans, lords of Delvin Ahra, com prised the present barony of Garrycastle, in the King's county; they were of the race of the Dalcassians, a powerful tribe of the
Queen's counties, and also in Meath there are several respectable families of the name, but many of them have changed the name to Doyne. VII. O'Riagain or O’Regans were, it appears, the ancient chiefs of Hy Riagain, and gave its name to that territory, which is still retained in the parish of Oregan or Rosenallis, in the barony of Tinnehinch. Of the ancient clan of the O’Regans was Maurice Regan, secretary to Dermod Mac Murrogh, king of Leinster, and who wrote an account of the
and
Anglo-Norman invasion under Strongbow and his followers, which is published in Harris's Hibernica. Sir Teige O'Regan was a dis
tinguished officer in the army of king James the Second. VIII. O’Brogharain, probably O'Brogans, are given by O'Dugan
as chiefs on the same territory as O'Dunn and O'Dempsey, and thus mentioned:
“The O'Brogans dwell in their towns, The Clan Kenny and Clan Conor,
Their lands are well known to support O'Dunn and O’Dempsey. ”
XI. O'Maolmuaidh, or O'Mulloy, prince of Fear Ceall, is thus de signated by O’Dugan:
“The prince of Fearcall of the ancient swords Is O'Mulloy of the free-born name;
Full power was granted to him,
And he held his own country uncontrouled. ”
REIGN OF HENRY WI. 249 O'Neill, his father, proceeded to the same place to O'Donnell, that Naghtan, went oppose them,
join Henry and the English, with his forces;
Munster Milesians, and were chiefs note former times, whom many are mentioned the course these Annals. They had their chief castles Gallen and Garrycastle, near Banagher, and the last representative note the family was Thomas Mac Coghlan, M. for the borough Banagher the Irish parlia
ment, who died 1790. Brogha, the district the O'Mulledys
but made peace with O'Neill that occasion,
comprised the greater part the two baronies Maryboro, the Queen's county. XVIII. Mac Fhiodhbhuidhe, Mac Aodh
buidhe, Mac Evoys, are mentioned O'Brien's Dictionary, the word Tuath, chiefs Tuath-Fiodhbhuidhe, the Queen's county, and they are thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“The ancient country Fighbuigh the fair lands goodlordship for chieftain,
The Clan Mac Evoy are its inheritors, The yellow-haired host hospitality. ”
O'Sionnaigh, lord Teffia. O’Dugan, his topography, gives Evoys were the Clan Colla Ulster, and chiefs note
above-mentioned, appears
tory, and was probably part
county, and Clonlonan,
times many families note the O'Mulledys Westmeath, whose estates were confiscated after the war the Revolution, and
have adjoined Mac Coghlan's terri the barony Garrycastle, King's Westmeath, there were former
The territory the Mac Evoys appears have been situated whom accounts may found the various Inquisitions. XIV. the barony Stradbally, the Queen's county. The Mac
O'Catharnaigh head prince Teffia, whom thus designates:
“High prince Teffia who obtained renown O'Caharney the battling arms. ”
ancient times; and they also possessed territory Teffia, called Hy Mac Uais, now the barony Moygoish, Westmeath; and there are still many respectable families the name Meath and Westmeath, some whom have changed the name Mac
This name was rendered O'Kearney, and the ancient chiefs posses Veagh. XIX. O’Ceallaigh O'Kellys, chiefs Magh Druch
sed an extensive territory Teffia, Westmeath, and there are
still many respectable families the O’Kearneys Meath and
Westmeath the chief branch them took the name Sionnach
O'Catharnaigh, and the word Sionnach signifying fox, the family
name became Fox, and the head chief was generally designated
tain and Gailine, are thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“Over Moy Druchtain the fair fortress, Rules O'Kelly over the plain the salmon;
The smooth aspect the level country like the fruitful land promise.
“Galine the pleasant rivers, O'Kelly's undisputed right,
an Sionnach, the For. They were the race the southern
Hy Nialls, and their territory was called Muintir Tadhgain, and comprised an extensive district Teffia, containing parts the
hunting, Gailine. ”
baronies Rathconrath and Clonlonan, Westmeath, with part the barony Kilcourcy, King's county. Several chiefs
Powerful the tribe Over the sunny lands
these Annals, and the reign lords Kilcourcy; there are
still many respectable families
meath, Longford, and King's county. XV. Mac Amhalgaidh, Mac Auley, Magawley, given by O’Dugan chief Cal raidhe-an-Chala, and thus designated:
“The fair Mac Auley rules over The entire the ports Calry.
”
them are mentioned the course Elizabeth they got the title
These territories the O'Kellys
where the districts are mentioned the plain the salmon, and the pleasant rivers. XX. O'Caollaidhe, O’Keeley, O'Keily,
Bally loughloe, the barony Clonlonan, Westmeath; and the
The territory called Calry comprised the present parish
ports alluded the above passage were those the Shannon, which this parish extends; and according Mac Geoghegan, the MacAuleys, lords Calry, also possessedpart the barony
This district, situated along the Barrow, parish Tullowmoy, the barony county. XXI. O'Leathlabhair, O'Lawlors, namefrom Leathlabhar, prince Dalaradia
now probably the Ballyadams, Queen's
Kilcoursey, the King's county; they were chiefs
note
O'Lalors, took their Ulidia,now the county Down, the tenth century, who was their ancestor, and they
former times, and the present head this ancient family the Count Magawley Temora, near Frankford, the King's county.
are therefore the Irian race, Clanna Rory Ulster, and the same descent the O'Moores, princes Leix. The O'Law
lors had ancient times extensive possessions Leix, chiefly, appears inquisitions and other records, the barony Strad
bally, Qeeen's county; and there are still several respectable
XVI. O’Gormain, O'Gorman,
O'Dugan and O'Heerin chief designated by them:
Mac Gorman, given Crioch mHairce, and thus
“The tribe Eochy exalted fame Rule over the clans Hy Faolain, Mac Gorman great valour
Rules over the fair Hy Bairce.
families Tipperary. Toraidh,
the name Queen's county, Kildare, Kilkenny, and XXII. O’Dubhlaine, O'Delany, chief Tuath-an
thus mentioned O'Heerin:
the name Fox Meath, West
have been situated the Queen's county, along the Barrow, alluded the abovepassages the poem,
the fair fortress, Of the melodious race Daire Barach, O'Gorman took possession the lands,
chief who actively rushed battle. ”
“High chief the productive territory, From the delightful Coill Oughteragh,
O'Delany the man hospitality,
From the mountain the most delightful bay. ”
“The country Hy Bairce
The territory the O'Gormans called Hy mBairce, now the The O'Delaneys were clan note the barony Upper Ossory,
barony Slievemargue, the Queen's county; they were chiefs
Queen's county, and also Kilkenny. XXIII. O’Braonain,
note former times, and some them settled Clare, and had large possessions,and account
given the note Thomond. XVII. O’Duibh Hy Criomthain, thus mentioned O'Heerin:
“About Dun Masc the smoothest plains, O'Duff rules over Hy Criomthain,
Chief the country great produce,
land which yields the finest fruits. ” The district Hy Criomthain, about Dun Masc
the county them has been
thus mentioned
O'Heerin:
O'Duff,
chief
the fertile land, the Nore,
Dunamase,
appear the baronies Stradbally and Ballyadams,
chief
Crioch O'Muighe, thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“The country Omoy the fair plains, Along the Barrow the flowing streams, To O'Keeley the pleasant land,
chief who always ruled peace. ”
O’Brennan, chief Hy Duach,
“Idoagh Ossory
The fair wide plain
Throughout this plain rules mostactive Its rightful chief O’Brennan. ”
The territory
barony Fassadining, Kilkenny, where the name still numerous. XXIV. Mac Braoin Mac Breen, and O’Broith, O'Bree, chief Magh Seadna, are thus mentioned O'Heerin:
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he had not a sufficient force, and delivered up the castle to O’Neill, together with Kinel Moain, and
also the rents of Inisowen ; and Henry having left guards in the castle, he and O’Neill returned home after their victory on that occasion.
“Mac Breen of the land of the fortress, Rules over the clans whom I remember, A fair, nut-producing country,
O'Bree is chief of the free Moy Sedna. ”
XXV. O'Caibhdeanaich, O'Coveney, or O'Kevenys, chiefs of Magh Airbh and Clar Coill, are thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“Over Moy Arve let us now record O'Keveney of the woody plain,
Head of each conference was the fair counsellor, Who resides at Coill O'Cathosaigh. ”
The plain of Magh Airbh comprised the present barony of Cranagh, in Kilkenny. XXVI. O’Gloiairn, O'Gloran or Mac Gloran, chief of Callainn, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
Donal Glas Mac Carthy, lord of Carbe Cork), died.
O’Driscoll More, namely, Mac Con, l Corco Laoighe (in Cork), died.
Teige, the son of Tomaltach MacDermot
eminent ecclesiastics of the name are mentioned in the c these Annals.
flourishing
Obtained a territory in a delightful country,
A smooth land about charming Callan, He inherits a country without reproach. ”
The name of this territory is still retained in the parish of Callan, barony of Kells, county of Kilkenny. XXVII. O’Caollaidhe or O'Keeley, chief of Hy Bearchon, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“Ibercon of the yellow mantles,
Chief of the country is O’Keeley,
The plain of the host of great wealth,
The land of the Barrow of limpid streams. ”
This territory was Ibercon, anancient barony, as stated by Seward, now joined to that of Ida, in the county of Kilkenny; and there is
a parish called Rosbercon, in the barony of Ida. XXVIII. O'Brua dair, O'Broder, or O’Brody, chief of Hyn-Eirc, is thus mentioned
by O'Heerin:
“Lord of Iverk of the swift steeds
Is the friendly O'Broder, like a stately tree; A sandy country from the heavy floods,
A land as delightful as Moenmoy. ”
This territory is now the barony of Iverk, in the county of Kil
kenny. XXIX. The O'Sheas, who changed the name to Shee,
were numerous and highly respectable, in former times, in the
county of Kilkenny, and were some of the O'Sheas, chiefs of note
in Munster, of whom an account has been given in the notes on
Thomond and Desmond. XXX. The O'Ryans and O’Felans, an cient families of note in Carlow, Tipperary, and Waterford, of
whom accounts have been given in the notes on Ormond, Desies, and Hy Kinsellagh, were also numerous and respectable in Kilkenny.
into the Queen's county; and the greater part of the prin of Hy Falgia or Offaley, with parts of Ely O'Carroll an
ancient kingdom of Meath, was formed into the King's coun in the sixteenth century, A. D. 1557, by the earl of Suss deputy in the reign of Philip and Mary; from which circu they were called the King's and Queen's counties; and town of King's county got the nameof Philipstown, an Queen's county Maryboro. Kilkenny, King's and counties, are amongst the finest in Ireland, and abound of great fertility and beauty; the scenery along the Shan Brossna, in King's county, and the Barrow, in Queen's and the Nore, Suir, and Barrow, in Kilkenny, is extreme and the extensive and magnificent mountains of Slieve B the borders of King's and Queen's counties, with Croghan and beautiful verdant hill in King's county, present much ing scenery, and have been celebrated in Spenser's Fairy These counties and Kildare were in former times cove extensive woods; and in King's and Queen's counties and are immense tracts of the great bog of Allen, formed of the of ancient forests. Kilkenny is famous for its coal m marble quarries, and was also celebrated for its woollen m tures, particularly frieze and blankets; and in Queen's are also extensive coal mines and potteries, and iron min formerly worked.
Anglo-Normans and English in Kilkenny, King's and
connties. As already explained in the note on Hy Kin Eva, the daughter of Dermod, Mac Murrogh, king of
having been married to Richard de Clare, earl of Pembrok monly called Strongbow, the kingdom of Leinster was c on Strongbow by king Dermod ; and William Marshall, Pembroke, having married Isabella, daughter of Strongbow wife Eva, the inheritance of the kingdom of Leinster pass family of the Marshalls, earls of Pembroke, and was poss the five sons of William Marshall, who became in success of Pembroke and lords of Leinster; and on the extinctio male line of the Marshalls the different counties of Leins divided amongst the five daughters of William Marshall, Pembroke, and their descendants in the thirteenth and fo centuries, of which a full account is given in Hanmer's C and in Baron Finglas's Breviate of Ireland, in Harris's H Joanna, the eldest daughter of William Marshall, earl broke, had, on the partition of Leinster, Wexford allotted portion; and being married to Warren de Montchensey, an baron, he, in right of his wife, became lord of Wexford afterwards passed, by intermarriage, to the de Valences,
“O'Gloran the
scion
Rilkenny. —The greater part of Ossory was formed county of Kilkenny, in the reign of king John, and so cal its chief town, the name of which, in Irish Cill Cha signifying the church of Canice or Kenny, was deriv Cainneach, a celebrated saint, who founded the first chur in the latter end of the sixth century.
Ring's and Queen's counties. —The greater part principality of Leix, with parts of Ossory and Offaley, wer
XXXI. The Tighes, of whom there are some respectable families
in Kilkenny and other parts of Leinster, are said to be of the
ancient Irish clan of the O'Teiges, who were chiefs of note in
Wicklow and Wexford, and of whom an account has been given in
the notes on Hy Kinsellagh and Cualan. XXXII. The Floods,
of whom there are many respectable families in Kilkenny and
other parts of Ireland, are said to be of Irish descent, though
supposed to be of English origin; as many of the ancient clans of Pembroke, and lords of Wexford; and insuccession to the the Maoltuiles, and of the Mac Thellighs or Mac Tullys, changed Hastings, earls of Abergavenney, and to the Talbots, earls of the name to Flood, thus translating the name from the Irish Tuile, bury, Waterford, and Wexford. Matilda or Maud, another which signifies a Flood. XXXIII. The Mac Coscrys or Cos of William, earl Marshall, had the county of Carlow allotted
graves, ancient clans in Wicklow and Queen's county, changed
their name to Lestrange. The O'Mooneys are placed in the
Queen's county on the map of Ortelius; and the O'Dowlings and
O'Niochals or O'Nicholls, are mentioned by some writers as clans
in Queen's county. The O’Beehans or O'Behans were a clan in Marshall's daughters, got the county of Kildare, and was the King's and Queen's counties, and several learned men and to William Ferrars, earl of Ferrers and Derby, who bec
and married Hugh Bigod, earl of Norfolk, and that family lords of Carlow, which title, together with the county of afterwards passed in succession, by intermarriages, to th brays and Howards, earls of Norfolk. Sibilla, another of
slain by the people of Cathal Mac Rannall, on the plain of Kiltathchomarc, with the cast of a dart.
of Kildare, a title which passed, by intermarriage, to the
de Veseys. The great family of the Fitzgeralds, afterwards
became earls of Kildare. Isabel, another daughter of William Marshall, earl of Pembroke, had for her portion, the county of
Meath; and in the grant of Meath given by Henry II. to Hugh de Lacy, a great part of the present King's county was possessed by de Lacy, who built in that county the castle of Durrow, where he was slain by one of the Irish galloglasses, as narrated in these
Annals at the year 1186. The Fitzgeralds, earls of Kildare and barons of Offaley, became possessedof a great part of the King's county; and the family of de Hose or Hussey, had part of Ely O'Carroll, and the country about Birr.
The following have been the chief families of English descent in Kilkenny, King's and Queen's counties:
In Kilkenny, the Butlers, Graces, Walshes, Fitzgeralds, Roths, Archers, Cantwells, Shortalls, Purcells, Powers, Morrises, D'Al tons, Stapletons, Wandesfords, Lawlesses, Langrishes, Bryans, Ponsonbys, &c. The Butlers became the chief possessors of the county of Kilkenny, as earls of Ormond and Ossory, dukes of Or mond, earls of Kilkenny and Gowran, viscounts of Galmoy, and various other titles derived from their extensive estatesin this coun ty and in Tipperary, as already explained in the note on Ormond.
A commotion arose between O’Kane and Mac Quillan, in which Mac Quillan, aided by the sons
Gros, Gras, afterwards changed Grace. Hamon Gras got great grants land Ossory, now the county Kilkenny, and several distinguished chiefs, his descendants, are mentioned Irish history during the wars the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, Hamon Gras, celebrated warrior, who was slain the battle Ascul, near Athy, 1315, fighting against the forces Edward Bruce; and 1385Sir Almaric, ha ron Grace, mentioned head the family. Several the Graces were barons and lords Parliament, and held the office seneschals and sheriffs Kilkenny, Tipperary, and Limerick; and
REIGN OF HENRY VI. 251
Kilkenny, and was married to Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester
and Hereford; and after his decease, without issue, the county of
Kilkenny fell to his three sisters, and passed, by intermarriage,
chiefly to the family of de Spencers, barons de Spencer, in Eng
land, and afterwards became possessed mostly by the Butlers,
earls of Ormond. Eva, the fifth daughter of William Marshall,
had Leix, and the manor of Dunamase, or O'Moore's country, com
prising the greater part of the present Queen's county; aird having
married William de Bruse, lord of Gower and Brecknock, in
Wales, he became, in right of his wife, lord of Leix; and one of
his daughters being married to Roger Mortimer, lord of Wigmore,
in Wales, Leix passed to the family of Mortimer, who were earls
of March, in England. The King's county, as already stated, was territory the county Kilkenny called Grace's Country, com formed out of parts of Offaley, Ely O'Carroll, and the kingdom of
The Walshes, called the Irish Branaghs, from Breatnach, The Graces. —In a note in these Annals at the year 1224, which signifies Briton, they originally came from Wales
1410 sir John Grace was Custos the county Kilkenny, and, conjunction with the Butlers, they were the chief military com
manders Ormond and Ossory; many families the Graces also settled the counties Tipperary, Wexford, and Dublin, and also the Queen's county, Ardglass and Gracefield. The Graces were created barons Courtstown, and held an extensive
prising the greater part the barony Cranagh, and had mag nificent castle Courtstown, the parish Tullaroan, which
some ruins still remain; they possessedthe entire
Tullaroan, hence they were sometimes styled barons
and the old church there, and also the cathedral
are still seen some their monuments, amongst others, one
John Grace, baron Courtstown, who died 1568. the wars
the Revolution the Graces lost their hereditary estates, John Grace, the last baron Courtstown, having forfeited thirty thou
sand acres land Kilkenny for his adherence King James II.
Richard Grace, very valiant officer, was colonel the army James II. , and particularly distinguished for his defence Ath
lone; and several Austrian service.
the Queen's county, and those Mantua, the Roscommon. Accounts the Graces will found
are the Graces
county
the Grace family were officers note the The chief representatives this ancient family
the Memoirs the family by Sheffield Grace, Phelan's and Ledwiche's Antiquities Kilkenny, and Lodge's Peerage.
the parish Tullaroan; Kilkenny,
an account has been given of Maurice Fitzgerald, a celebrated with Strongbow and his followers, got extensive possessions Anglo-Norman chief who came over with Strongbow, and was an Waterford, Kilkenny, Wexford, and Carlow, which counties
cestor of the earls of Kildare and Desmond. Willian Fitzgerald, brother of Maurice, was lord of Carew in Wales, and the descend ants of one of his sons took the name of de Carew, and from them are descended the Carews of Ireland, great families in Cork, Wex ford, and Carlow. From another of the sons of William Fitzgerald, as shewn in Lodge's Peerage, were descended the Keatings and Gerards, families of note in Ireland. The eldest son of William Fitzgerald, called Raymond Fitzwilliam, got the name of Raymond le Gros from his great size and strength; he was one of the most
Valiant of the Anglo-Norman commanders, and was married to Basilia de Clare, sister of Strongbow, and held the office of standard bearer of Leinster, and was also for some time chief governor of Ireland; he is thus described by Holingshed and Cambrensis: “Raymond was large-bodied and broad-set, of more than middle stature, his hair yellow and curled, his eyes large, grey and round, his nose somewhat high, and countenance well coloured;
they are still very numerous. The Walshes were distinguished for their valour and held the office of seneschals of Leinster under the successors Strongbow; they were very powerful Kilkenny, and had eighteen castles the barony Knoctopher, where an extensive territory has derived its name from them, and called the Walsh Mountains; they had also parts the barony Gow ran, and Thomas Fitz Anthony Walsh, seneschal Leinster the reign king John, founded the town Thomastown, the river Nore. The Walshes lost most their possessions the Williamite wars, but they are still numerous about the Walsh Mountains, where they hold extensive grazing farms, famous for dairies. The Butlers, viscounts Galmoy, the Graces, Walshes, Roths, and Shees, lost their extensive estates Kilkenny the war the revolution for their adherence James II. , and many members
these families, having entered the Irish brigades, were distin guished officers the service France, Spain and Austria. The Burkes, branch the Burkes Connaught, settled Kilkenny
was pleasant and merry, and though heavy body yet active;
had special care men and soldiers, and watched many whole and Tipperary, and some them Kilkenny took the name
nights, ranging and walking abroad the camp; was wise, mo– Gaul,
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Gall, signifying Englishman,
dest and wary, nothing delicate his fare, nor curious his ap town got its name. The Purcells were also numerous and respec
Parel, could bear weathers, hot cold, and endure any toils; was patient and self-commanding governor, wise and circum
table Kilkenny and Tipperary, and the latter county had the title barons Loughmoe.
spect, and albeit martial affairs
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very valiant captain and noble soldier, yet
In Queen's county the following were the chief families Eng lish descent; after Leix had beenformed into county the follow ing seven families were the chief English settlers the reigns queen Mary and Elizabeth, and were called the seventribes, namely, the Cosby's, Barringtons, Bowens, Rushes, Hartpoles, Hethering tons, and Hovendens; and the reign Charles Williers, duke
passed wisdom, and excelled valiant captain. ” Raymond died about
things
1184,and was buried the abbey Molana, the island
Finis, the river Blackwater, the bay Youghal. the eldest son Raymond Gros, was ancestor family the Fitzmaurices, earls Kerry, whon,
account has beengiven the note Desmond. Raymond had another son
Buckingham, having got extensive grants Queen's county, his
lands were formed into the manor Williers, and passed the presentdukes Buckingham; and after the Cromwellian wars and
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252 ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS, A. D. 1442.
of Bryan Oge O'Neill, defeated O’Kane, and slew who defeated the English, and slew four sc in the engagement thirty-two of O’Kane's people, them, and took from them immense spoils. and during the same contest many depredations The son Mac Murrogh, lord Lei and slaughters were committed by both parties; namely Murtogh Cavenagh, heir the lords the son of Mac Quillan was slain by O’Kane, and Leinster, was slain the English the Co Mac Quillan plundered Aibne O’Kane. Riavach (Wexford), and Mac Murrogh, afte
The English of Dublin and Meath made an in death his son Murtogh, waged war agains cursion into O'Byrne's country Wicklow), English Wexford and Leinster, who where they committed great depredations; but obliged liberate the seven hostages who
barons Desart; the family Mathew, earls great note Tipperary, were forgotten county.
In Queen's county, the Marshalls, earls
Landaff, and mentioned that
Meath, who conferred most extensive endowments land abbey and see. city and college were also founded he the place maintained literary and religious celebrity fo centuries; but having been repeatedly devastated the during the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries, and fre ravaged the English, the twelfth and thirteenth ce and cathedral and churches having been finally demoli the barbarian soldiers the English garrison Athlone, reign Elizabeth, has fallen into utter decay; but its greatness amply demonstrated by the magnificent and ve
the O'Byrnes and O’Tooles,
Parnell, Pole, Pigott, Prior, Coote, Vesey, Staples, Brown, Johnson,
taken the day Murtogh was slain, and afterwards transferred Achadhboe Aghaboe, sometime
Aghavoe, the barony Upper Ossory,
where celebrated monastery was founded
sixth century. The see Aghaboe continued
diocese Ossory, near the end the twelfth century, was removed Kilkenny, and called the see Ossory; bishops Ossory were early times styled bishops Saig sometimes bishops Aghavoe. The diocese Ossory c hends almost the whole the county Kilkenny, w barony Upper Ossory, the Queen's county; and the
Seir-Kiaran, the King's county, being nearly co-ex with the ancient principality Ossory. Clonenagh, the county, had celebrated monastery founded the fifth cen St. Fintan, and its abbots were also styled bishops; was a
earls Gloucester and Hertford, and the Spencers,
mentioned, were all lords Kilkenny the Butlers, earls Or St. Brendan, the sixth century, and its abbots were
they were overtaken
the revolution the families
Cowley, Dawson, Despard,
Trench, Weldon, and Walpole, got extensive possessions.
the Queen's St. Canice,
In King's county, the Fitzgeralds, Digbys, Husseys, and Fitz
simons, were the chief families English descent before the reign Elizabeth, and some the Fitzsimons took the Irish name Mac Ruddery, from the Irish Mac Ridire, which signifies the Son
the Knight. after times the Armstrongs, Droughts, Burys, Parsons, Molesworths, Lestranges, and Westenras were the chief English settlers.
the present time:
In Kilkenny. —The Marshalls, earls Pembroke, the
the sea
Nobility. —The following have been the noble families Kil kenny, King's and Queen's counties, from the reign king John
Pembroke; the Bruses and Mortimers, above mentioned, were lords Leix; the Fitzpatricks, barons Castletown, barons Gowran, and
earls Upper Ossory; the Butlers, barons Cloughgrennan; the Cootes, earls Mountrath; the Molyneuxes, viscounts Maryborough and earls Sefton, England; the Dawsons, earls Portarlington; the Veseys, barons Knapton and viscounts de Vesey.
ruins the cathedral and seven churches, and castle, t with two beautiful round towers, somesplendid stone Cross other antiquities which still remain. contains one t ancient and extensive cemeteries Ireland, and was the
In King's county, the Fitzgeralds, barons Offaley and earls Kildare; the Digbys, barons Geashill, and earls Digby, England; the O'Carrolls, barons Ely; the O'Sionnaghs
Foxes, barons Kilcoursey; the O'Dempseys, barons Philips
Clares, above
the see Leighlin. Birr had celebrated abbey fou
mond and Ossory, and marquesses and dukes Ormond, earls Kilkenny, earls Gowran, earls Glengall, earls Carrick, viscounts Galmoy, viscounts Mountgarrett, and barons
Kells; the Bullens, earls Ossory; the Fitzpatricks, barons Gowran and earls Ossory; the Graces, barons Courtstown; the Fitzgeralds, barons Burntchurch; the Wandesfords, earls
Castlecomer; the de Montmorencys, viscounts Mountmorres and viscounts Frankfort; the Flowers, barons Castle Durrow and viscounts Ashbrook; the Ponsonbys, earls Besborough, and
viscounts Duncannon; the Agars, barons Calan, viscounts Clifden and barons Dover; the Cuffes, viscounts Castlecuffe and
bishops; was annexed the see Killaloe.
The See Clonmacnois, Irish, Cluan Mac Nois, sig according some accounts, the retreat the sons the
courcy and earls Cavan; the Blundells, barons Edenderry;
the family Parsons, Birr Parsonstown, are earls Ross
and barons Oxmantown; the Molesworths, barons Philips
town; the Moores, barons Tullamore the Burys, barons
Tullamore and earls Charleville; the Tolers, earls Norbury Moylurg, and several other ancient and noble Irish f viscounts Glandine; the Westenras, barons Rossmore, have
extensive estates
Ecclesiastical sees Kilkenny,
Monaghan and King's county.
Divisions. The following have been the bishops' King's and Queen's counties:
Clonmacnois, called the Iona Ireland, beautifully sit lonely retreat the banks the Shannon, and thou
The See Seir-Kieran,
from Kiaran
there the beginning St. Kiaran the elder, macnois, who lived
Ossory was first founded Saiger, now the parish
the King's county and was called celebrated saint who founded church the fifth century, and who was called
distinguish him from Kiaran Clon later period. The see Saiger was
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part the King's county, the diocese originally formed the ancient kingdom Meath, and was united the
Meath the latter end the sixteenth century. the a Clonmacnois was written the celebrated work called the A
near Birr, Saiger,
Tigearnach, that learned abbot, this work, together with the Book
ancient Irish MSS. , account will the ancient literature of Leinster.
the eleventh century; Clonmacnois, and vario
given future nu
either from the great numbers the sons the Irish nobil resorted its college for education, or, from many th princes having their burial places cemetery. An ab founded here the sixth century St. Kiaran the younger, granted Dermod, the son Carroll, monarch Ireland becameone the most celebrated seats learning and religion land the early ages. was formed into bishop's see, and thedral was erected the twelfth century the O'Melaghlins
land
O'Conor, the last Milesian monarch Ireland, were burie cathedral, and also many the O’Melaghlins, kings
the O'Kellys, princes Hy Maine; the Mac Dermotts, pr
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A contention arose between Hugh Buidhe O'Neill and Mac Quillan, in which the O’Neill
joined Mac Quillan against Hugh Buidhe.
A. D. 1443.
Aongus Mac Gillfinnen, abbot of Lisgoole, died.
Manus Mac Mahon, a worthy heir to the lord ship of Oriel (Monaghan), for hospitality and feats of arms, died.
Eiver Mac Mahon was killed by O’Neill, i. e. Owen, the son of Niall Oge. *
Fingin and Dermod, the sons of Mac Gillpa
A. D. 1444.
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REIGN OF HENRY VI.
253
Richard, son
the great dean, the son Donal,
son John Gallda O'Ferrall, the bishop Ar dagh, died.
William O'Hetigen, bishop Elphin, went Rome, accompanied great number the
Connaught, where and the greater them died; among them were Teige, the
Hugh Buigh, the son Bryan Ballach O’Neill, king presumptive Ireland, the most famous for hospitality and feats arms any the heirs presumptive his time; man who recovered
clergy
part
Teige Mac Dermott, after having obtained
son
the abbacy Boyle; William, son the dean O'Flanagan, prior Roscommon; the son Ma lachy, son Cormac, son Cormac Mac Donogh, abbot Ballysadare, well many also the clergy Ulster.
Bryan, son of Edmond, son of Thomas, son of
Cathal O'Ferrall, was killed and drowned while
endeavouring to make his escape from the island of Down), which lay the pains death for
Port-an-goirtin Longford), where had been twenty-five days, namely, from Spy Wednesday kept confined for two years and half Donal the second day summer, when died, Sa
Buighe O'Ferrall. Mulroona, the son
Teige O'Carroll, lord
turday, after having gained the victory over the world and the devil.
O'Neill, namely, Owen, the son Niall Oge, and the greater portion the Irish Ulster, ex cept O’Donnell, marched with very great force
plunder and dispossess the sons Hugh Buighe (O'Neill), after his death; Murtogh Roe O'Neill, Henry O’Neill, Mac Quillan, with their auxili aries, mustered large force oppose them the Duv Thrian (in Antrim), and they cut narrow pass through the wood, the direction which they expected they would march them; O’Neill having entered this narrow pass with his forces, the other party attacked them, and slew Mac Donnell
the galloglasses, who was the rear the army and amongst those that were marching; the army became greatly dispirited that account, and offered the other party their choice hostages, whom they might select conditions per mitting them return out the narrow pass, which they did with sorrow and disappointment; amongst the hostages they offered, selected by themselves, the sons Mac-I-Neill Buidhe, were Hugh, the son O’Neill; the son Henry O'Neill; the son Mac Mahon; the son O’Mil lan, and fifteen others along with them.
Ely, died.
Teige O'Dowd, the son the lord
was slain by his own kinsmen.
Tireragh,
Hugh Buidhe O’Neill committed great depreda tions his elder brother, Murtogh Roe O'Neill,
who was obliged pay him his tribute for the plunder, after which they made perfect peace with each other.
O'Flynn Siol Maoilruain some his kinsmen, were slain tello, the house O'Killeen.
Galway), and the Clan Cos
Mulroona, son Mulroona O’Dowd, was trea
cherously slain by his own brother.
Mac Egan Ormond, namely, Gillananeev, son
Gillananeev, the son
Brehonism Munster,
arts, and who kept house died.
Hugh, chief professor man versed various
general hospitality,
Hugh Mac Egan, son
Boetius, died, the tide
was the most learned and eloquent man the
Irish his time, and chief professor laws North Connaught.
Fergal, the son his prosperity; and
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254 ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS, A. D. 1444–45.
Owen, the son of Donal, the son of Murtogh lord of Fermanagh, the wife of Owen Mac Cagh O'Conor, lord of Sligo and of the territory of Car well, a humane, charitable, and hospitable woman,
died.
A. D. 1445.
Thomas O’Lennon, a canon and sacristan of Lisgoole, died.
O'Donnell, Philip Mac Guire, the sons of Hugh
Mac Guire, and the sons of Owen O'Conor,
marched with a great force to Sligo, and burned and slew Mac Donogh, lord Tirerrill, namely, Tomaltach Mac Donogh, and many
others,
William, son John, the son Donal O’Fer
bury, was slain with the cast of a dart by the sons of Cormac Mac Donogh; for the son of Malachy, the son of Cormac Mac Donogh, had been killed before that time in a fight by the grandson of John O’Hart, and it was on that account Owen, the son of Donal, was slain.
O'Neill, that is Owen, marched with his forces into the English settlements in Oriel,and plundered and burned many of them; he also plundered Stradbally of Dundalk, and he obtained sixty marks and two tuns of wine for sparing the town from burning.
A great miracle was wrought by the image of rall, lord Annaly, died advanced age, after
the Virgin Mary at Trim, namely, a blind person
was restored to sight, a dumb person to his speech,
a cripple to the use of his feet, and the use of his
hand was given to a person who had it contracted and bound to his side.
well spent life; and two chiefs were then nomi nated for Annaly; namely, Rossa, son Murtogh Midhiach, the son Bryan O'Ferrall, was nomi nated the entire tribe Murrogh O'Ferrall; and Donal Buidhe, son Donal, the son John O'Ferrall, was nominated chief by the clan Hugh, and the clan John O'Ferrall, and by his friends; the country was very much disturbed between them, until length they made peace
O’Neill having attacked the English, plundered
a great deal of their property, and received great
payments from them on condition of making peace
with them for half a year; and after that peaceable
agreement with the son of O’Neill, Bryan, son of dividing Annaly between them. Donal, the son of Owen O’Neill, marched with a
preying party into the English settlements, where
Bryan himself was killed by the cast of a stone,
and Eiver Mac Mahon was taken prisoner, and
many others of his party were slain.
for hospitality, and for defending his rights against Torlogh, son of Owen, the son of Roderick neighbouring enemies, died.
Donogh Ballach Mac Gauran, heir the chief taincy Tullaghaw (in Cavan), died.
John, son of Bryan, the son of Edmond O’Fer
rall, and eight others, were slain by John O'Fer low) was slain while endeavouring recover rall, and by the sons of Donal Buidhe O'Ferrall, plunder taken from him the same day by the sons on Slieve Callan of Brileth (in Longford). Tomaltach O'Dempsey, being the time
Edmond, son of Thomas, the son of Cathal eighty years age.
O'Ferrall, died. Conor, the son O'Conor Kerry, was slain
Manus Mac Mahon, heir to the lordship of Mahon O'Conor, his kinsman, both being the
O'Conor, was killed by the Clan Conmaigh, by the cast of a dart.
Oriel (Monaghan), died, and was buried at Clones. Eber, the son of Bryan Mac Mahon, heir to
the lordship of Oriel, was killed.
Teige O'Brien, lord of Thomond, died.
same boat the time going Iniscatha (Scattery Island the Shannon).
Richard Mac Quillan (in Antrim), was killed. Thomas Dillon and young Richard Dillon died. Laighnagh, the son Hugh Buighe Mac
Sioda Cam Mac Namara, chief of Clan Cuilein
(in Clare), a general entertainer of the men of Geoghegan, was slain Cuill Connaidh (the
Ireland, died between the two Christmases (within the twelve days of Christmas).
Duvcovlagh, daughter of Thomas Mac Guire,
wood Connaidh Westmeath), the sons Murtogh Oge Mac Geoghegan.
Donogh Bacach O’Rourke died, and West
Roderick, son Thomas Mac Guire, the son the lord Fermanagh, died.
Mac Gillfinnen, namely, Bryan, chief Muin Peodachain (inFermanagh), man distinguished
Dermod O’Toole, lord Clan Toole (in Wick
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REIGN OF HENRY WI. 255
Brefney nominated Donogh, the son of Tiarnan (O'Conors), in Cuil O’Fionntain (Coolavin in Oge O’Rourke, the O’Rourke, in opposition to Sligo).
Loghlin, the son of Teige O’Rourke. A great commotion took place in Thomond, by which the entire territory was spoiled, and O’Brien
himself was taken prisoner; but Mac William of
Clanrickard having entered Thomond forcibly, Owen O’Lennon, prior of the monastery of liberated O’Brien, and restored all to order.
Lisgoole, died. The Mac Donoghs, Torlogh Carrach O'Conor, Roderick, son of Ardgal More Mac Mahon, and O'Conor Don, having joined Mac William of
lord of Oriel, died; and his son Hugh Roe was Clanrickarde, for the purpose of appointing a Mac appointed his successor by O’Neill. Donogh (in Tirerrill, county of Sligo), they finally
O'Donnell marched with a great force into Con agreed on electing two Mac Donoghs, giving half
A. D. 1446.
naught to aid his friends, first to O'Rourke's place,
and from thence through Moy Nisse (in Leitrim,
near Carrick-on-Shannon), crossed the Shannon
into Moylurg through the plain of Connaught, and
through Clanconvay; and Mac William Burke within the precincts of Fenagh by his own clan, having come to meet him at Dunamon, took him namely, by the sons of Loghlin O’Rourke.
Meath was burned and plundered, and many of of Baile-ui-Bhogain. ”
the people slain; the predatory parties often ad
vanced as far as Tara, northward, and as far as
Cuil Maighe Claraigh' eastward; and Bryan, the
son of the Calvach O'Conor, was taken prisoner
by the English in that war.